mody

See also: Mody

English

Etymology

From mode +‎ -y.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -əʊdi

Adjective

mody (comparative more mody, superlative most mody)

1. (dated) modish; fashionable

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “mody”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

• domy

Middle English

Alternative forms

• (Early ME) modiȝ
• modi, modye

Etymology

From Old English mōdiġ, from Proto-Germanic *mōdagaz; equivalent to mode +‎ -y.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmoːdiː/

Adjective

mody (comparative modyere)

1. Boastful, conceited, arrogant, or vain; displaying pride.
2. Furious; causing conflict, war, or strife.
3. Courageous, mighty, glorious; praiseworthy.
4. (rare) Showing sadness; mournful, upset, crying, dreary.
5. (rare) Over-the-top, ornamented.

Descendants

• English: moody
• Scots: muidie

References

• “mọ̄di, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-09-23.

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɔ.dɘ/
• Rhymes: -ɔdɘ
• Syllabification: mo‧dy

Noun

mody f

1. inflection of moda:
   1. genitive singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative plural

Silesian

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish młody.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɔdɪ/
• Rhymes: -ɔdɪ
• Syllabification: mo‧dy

Adjective

mody

1. young

   Antonym: stary

Declension

Declension of mody

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	virile	nonvirile
nominative		mody	mode	modŏ	modzi	mode
genitive		modego		modyj	modych
dative		modymu		modyj	modym
accusative	animate	modego	mode	modõ	modych	mode
	inanimate	mody
instrumental		modym		modōm	modymi
locative		modym		modyj	modych
vocative		mody	mode	modŏ	modzi	mode

Derived terms

noun

• modość

 

Further reading

• mody in silling.org